Search for Determinism

Erratic signals abound in nature. Sometimes the irregularity is high dimensional variability ("noise") and sometimes it has a low-dimensional dynamical source. In the latter case, fluctuations can potentially be predicted and controlled. In this project the student will become familiar with many recently developed techniques for searching out determinism in irregular signals and using it to make forcasts. The student should be familiar with some programming language (perhaps including MatLab).